Police say they have arrested the suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of a New Zealander on a central Philippine island. Another suspect is being sought.
Senior Police Officer Jimmy De lima said on Thursday that one of two men on a motorcycle shot dead 63-year-old Simon Rawlinson in Biliran island’s capital town of Naval.
The local mayor Gerard Espina posted a photo of a suspect in a jail cell.
De Lima said they took Rawlinson’s bag containing money, a laptop and the victim’s documents.
De Lima said Rawlinson, a long-time resident of nearby Maripipi island, was in Naval for a trip to the market when he was attacked on Wednesday morning.
A witness led police to the suspected gunman, a local farmer. Found in his house were a pistol, bullets and clothes the suspect was seen wearing on security camera footage around the time of the shooting.